With Buchholz on the bump for Boston I am less unnerved about Ubaldo starting tonight (Buchholz has been devastatingly poor so far this year). Jimenez needs to string a couple more gems, like his one against Texas, together before I have faith prior to a game in which he starts.

I expect a lot of scoring and for the Tribe (with their ferocity on the road) to outlast the BoSox.

"There is but one thing of real value: to cultivate truth and justice and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men"

Interesting comment by a Red Sux fan up here. They said they wished Acta had let Lowe pitch to one more batter so that he would be taken out during the inning. He figured the remaining fans in the stands would have given Lowe a standing ovation! Said what a gamer he was and how he always played hard. Nice to hear the enemy compliment one of your soldiers.

I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.~~~Annie Savoy-"Bull Durham"

He is finished. Not even close to making tough outs. Hell, the most embarrassing at-bat he's had was a hit -- the duck snort over the pitcher's head last night.

He is killing this lineup at the top. Jack is swinging a hot bat and so is Kipnis & ACab. Damon is a HUGE hole in there. Time to cut bait and move on. At the very least get him the hell out of the top of the order.

Well, only about 4 more starts until Ubaldo blind squirrels another and is deemed "turning it around."

Done. Stinks. Nothing. Worst guy in the league to play behind.

And in the "watching the game" category. Look how the guy is approaching the bottom of the barrel. Fooling around with the Nick Puntos and Mitch Meiers of these line-ups. If he had close to the stuff he once had....

Enough with the blind hope. Think he's gonna gain his freshness and velocity in August?

leadpipe wrote:Well, only about 4 more starts until Ubaldo blind squirrels another and is deemed "turning it around."

Done. Stinks. Nothing. Worst guy in the league to play behind.

And in the "watching the game" category. Look how the guy is approaching the bottom of the barrel. Fooling around with the Nick Puntos and Mitch Meiers of these line-ups. If he had close to the stuff he once had....

Enough with the blind hope. Think he's gonna gain his freshness and velocity in August?

Looks fine to me if you simply extrapolate out last Sunday's outing.

I think he's getting there.

That one start where he his 93 was good enough for a win is what you need to focus on. Stop fixating on the 14 other awful ones.